Name Benny Moten | Role Jazz Pianist | |
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Died April 2, 1935, Kansas City, Missouri, United States Albums Kansas City Swing, Blue Lou Ain't Wrong Record labels RCA Records, Bluebird Records Similar People Count Basie, Walter Page, Hot Lips Page, Eddie Durham, Jelly Roll Morton |
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Benny Moten (November 30, 1916 – March 27, 1977) was an American jazz bassist.
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Moten had a long career as a sideman from the early 1940s, including with Hot Lips Page, Jerry Jerome, Red Allen (1942–49, 1955–65 intermittently), Eddie South, Stuff Smith, Arnett Cobb, Ella Fitzgerald, Wilbur De Paris (1956–57), Buster Bailey, Roy Eldridge, and Dakota Staton (1961–63). Though he never recorded as a leader, he continued performing nearly until the time of his death.

Moten Swing
Discography
With Ruth Brown
With Roy Eldridge
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